The Power of Positive Horse Training: Saying Yes to Your Horse

by Sarah Blanchard

Overview

"This book is a welcome addition to the literature in the field of horse training and should be in the library of any serious, caring horseperson."
--Gincy Self Bucklin

Author of What Your Horse Wants You to Know and How Your Horse Wants You to Ride: Starting Out, Starting Over

With unique insight based on years of experience, author Sarah Blanchard describes horse training based on positive motivation and cooperation instead of subservience and domination. The Power of Positive Horse Training: Saying Yes to Your Horse helps you understand your horse's agenda and explains rewards-based training. It goes beyond theory and:
* Helps trainers and riders create a logical, consistent system of requests, responses, and rewards
* Teaches communication skills and methods that build respect and a rewarding relationship
* Describes nine specific, progressive exercises designed to improve communication and cooperation between horse and rider
* Explains how to use positive training techniques to solve six common behavioral problems


This book helps you forge a bond of understanding and trust with your horse that leads to enhanced responsiveness and teamwork. . . . and make riding a pure joy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470250334
Publisher:	Turner Publishing Company
Publication date:	08/20/2007
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	739,079
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Sarah Blanchard is an accomplished horsewoman and licensed riding instructor with forty years of experience. She co-authored Carriage Driving: A Logical Approach Through Dressage Training (also published by Howell Book House).

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.

Preface.

Part I: The Nature of Positive Training.

1. Why Do Horses (Usually) Do What We Tell Them?

2. What Horses Really Want Us to Know.

3. Portrait of the Trainer as a Wise Old Mare.

4. Setting and Meeting Your Training Goals.

5. Rehabilitating the Problem Horse.

Part II: Progressive Exercises.

6. Discovering Trust, Respect, and Reward through Touch.

7. Developing the Habits of Please and Thank You.

8. Essential Warm-Up Stretches for Your Horse.

9. Finding Your Balance in the Saddle, I.

10. Finding Your Balance in the Saddle, II.

11. Go, Stop, Engage.

12. Squares, Octagons, Circles.

13. Lateral Yeswork, Not Guesswork.

14. Overhead and Underfoot: Combat Training.

15. Using Positive Training to Find Solutions to Six Common Problems.

Epilogue.

Glossary.

References.

Index.